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Data table recording hot spot temperature, thermostat movement, and choke movement over time.


Identifier  ExFiles\Box 123\1\  scan0039
Date  6th March 1940
  
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Rm {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} /Wym. {G. Harold Whyman - Experimental Manager} 7/MH. {M. Huckerby} 6.3.40.

TIME. | HOT SPOT METAL TEMP. | THERMOSTAT MOVEMENT IN ° | CHOKE MOVEMENT IN °
---|---|---|---
½ Min. | 11¼°C | 17½° | 27°
1 " | 11½°C | 18° | 28°
1½ " | 11¾°C | 19° | 29°
2 " | 12 °C | 20° | 30°
2½ " | 13½°C | 21° | 31°
3 " | 15 °C | 22° | 32°
3½ " | 17½°C | 23° | 33°
4 " | 19½°C | 24° | 34°
4½ " | 22 °C | 25½° | 36°
5 " | 24 °C | 27½° | 39°
5½ " | 26 °C | 30° | 42°
6 " | 28½°C | 33° | 45½°
6½ " | 31 °C | 36° | 49°
7 " | 33 °C | 39° | 52½°
7½ " | 35 °C | 42° | 56°
8 " | 36½°C | 45° | 59½°
8½ " | 38 °C | 48° | 63°
9 " | 39½°C | 51° | 66°
9½ " | 41 °C | 54° | 69°
10 " | 42 °C | 57½° | 72°

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From the Rolls-Royce experimental archive: a quarter of a million communications from Rolls-Royce, 1906 to 1960's. Documents from the Sir Henry Royce Memorial Foundation (SHRMF).


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